Government Has A Legitimate Sphere Of Operation.

Naturalism Is The View That The Physical World Is A Self-contained System That Works By Blind, Unbroken Natural Laws. Naturalism Doesn't Come Right Out And Say There's Nothing Beyond Nature. Rather, It Says That Nothing Beyond Nature Could Have Any Conceivable Relevance To What Happens In Nature. Naturalism's Answer To Theism Is Not Atheism But Benign Neglect. People Are Welcome To Believe In God, Though Not A God Who Makes A Difference In The Natural Order.

Because We Don't See The Evil Destroyed Now And Thus Experience The Suffering That Evil Inevitably Inflicts, We Are Tempted To Doubt God's Existence And Goodness.

The Question Rather Is How We Should Do Science And Theology In Light Of The Impending Collapse Of Enlightenment Rationalism And Scientific Naturalism. These Ideologies Are On The Way Out. They Are On The Way Out.

This Is Really An Opportunity To Mobilize A New Generation Of Scholars And Pastors Not Just To Equip The Saints But Also To Engage The Culture And Reclaim It For Christ. That's Really What Is Driving Me.

Thus, In Its Relation To Christianity, Intelligent Design Should Be Viewed As A Ground-clearing Operation That Gets Rid Of The Intellectual Rubbish That For Generations Has Kept Christianity From Receiving Serious Consideration.